ABSTRACT
Jute (Corchorus capsularis L. and Corchorus olitorius L.) and sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), are the most important bast fiber producing commercial/industrial cash crops in India. Jute ranks second next to cotton among all the natural fiber in case of production (Talukder et al., 1989). In India jute mostly cultivated in the Eastern-Indian States namely, Assam, Bihar, Eastern Utter Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal. West Bengal alone contributes lion share (77%) of the Indian jute (Sinha et al., 2004). Jute fiber is extensively used all over the world for its diversified value added products like hessians, sacking, gunny bags, carpets, mat, rope, false ceiling boards and many geotextile products while the young green leaves of jute are edible and popular as vegetables.
